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3-D art creation with VR element offers immersive experience

5/25/2023

Thanks to UCC’s Principal’s Innovation Fund, Year 9 media design students worked with exciting technology in an illustration and graphic design unit.

Introducing UCC’s journey tie

5/11/2023

Starting with last year’s Class of 2022, graduates who have attended the College since senior kindergarten will receive a tie created to mark their educational journey.

2023’s Casey Fellow offers insights and inspiration

5/4/2023

Dr. Nick Holton’s specialty is antifragility and teaching tips and tricks to remain buoyant through life’s ups and downs.

Relay for Life: By students, for students

4/25/2023

The April 27 event will fill the campus with energy and hope.

Bees coming to UCC

4/18/2023

With sustainability top of mind during Earth Week, a beehive and two bee hotels will be installed on campus.

“Community and cohesion” in the Strength, Agility & Fitness Centre

4/13/2023

Learn more about new strength and conditioning coach Jordan Guilford and his work in the SAS at the Upper School.

Connor Chair shares expertise during UCC visit

4/6/2023

Educator Liz Kleinrock, UCC’s Connor Chair for 2022–24, brought ideas and inspiration about equity and belonging.

Alumni Spotlight

3/29/2023

Amit Bhalla ’05, showrunner of Hello Tomorrow! on Apple TV+, is grateful for his roots in UCC theatre.

Year 10 duo finishes in top five per cent of Wharton Global High School Investment Competition

3/9/2023

The two first-time investors, Michael Chen and Yunkai Shi, were part of a five-person team participating in the prestigious competition run by the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Music program thrives

3/1/2023

UCC ensembles are flourishing in a series of live performances.

Martin Luther King III keynote caps exciting in-person return of World Affairs Conference

2/23/2023

After three years online, the student-led conference’s live programming enabled a reach of more than 20 schools and 1,000 students from across the GTA.

At age 60, Dr. Geoff Seagram ’55, McGill Meds ’63, FRCS(C) retired from surgical practice and teaching at the University of Calgary and became a volunteer ski coach and tennis pro — and today at 86, he offers some valuable life lessons.

Year 1 students test out the VR goggles.

Virtual reality comes to the Prep

2/8/2023

VR goggles are being introduced in SK to Year 5 classrooms, allowing students to have multi-sensory learning experiences and explore new subjects in a fully immersive way.

Founder’s Dinner honours awardees for 2021, 2022, 2023

2/3/2023

Upper Canada College’s annual Founder’s Dinner returns in person on Feb. 7 for the first time since 2020. The festivities take place on campus with an awards ceremony followed by dinner and a keynote speech by Blake Hutcheson ’80, president and chair of OMERS and chair of the UCC Board of Governors.

UCC celebrates Year of the Rabbit

1/27/2023

The College ushered in the Lunar New Year this week with festivities at both the Prep and the Upper School.

In conversation with Terry Denstedt

1/18/2023

A seasoned set designer for UCC productions, the Upper School geography teacher discusses his creative craft in anticipation of the Year 8/9 production of Thr’Ives, a collection of plays by David Ives.